Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Listening to Samisen Music
Listening to Samisen Music
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Listening to Samisen Music

Artist/Culture (Japanese, 1686–1764)
DateAbout 1712
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e
Dimensions28.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.315
DescriptionHorizontal oban (oban yoko-e)
Label TextA courtesan and her maid who stands behind her with her arms around her mistress, are listening to the music of a samisen played by another courtesan who is seated upon a wood bench.
On View
Not on view